1894: Scott County Argus

Jan. 4, 1894

The County Commissioners yesterday appointed John C. Lies Overseer of the Poor and awarded the contract for running the recently purchased poor house to John J. Ring.

Curt Manaige leaves on the evening train for Wilmot, S.D., and from there he will go to Sisseton City where he has accepted a position as a clerk in a general merchandise store.

Go to Bornarth to get your notary work done. He also has several very fine residences in the city for sale at a sacrifice. Call and see him.

That big engine is now attracting considerable attention as sections of it are being hauled down to the mill each day. Last night the steam chest was dragged down with three of the mill’s big teams as motive power and they seemed to have about all they cared to haul. The mill will not run for perhaps three weeks to come while the engine is being put in place. However nearly all the mill force will be at work during that time, and the mill will continue to pay the highest market price for wheat, or exchange flour for it as desired.

The firm of Flaherty & Lies will continue business at the old stand and solicits the patronage of all as before.

Our popular restauranteur, J. B. Gellenbeck, entertained some twenty young men at dinner on New Year’s Day. If the old saying be still true that the easiest way to affect the heart is through the stomach, the hearts of the young men who partook of the spread provided for that occasion must be very warm toward their host, who had certainly spared nothing in his efforts to make the menu attractive and the occasion an enjoyable one. That he succeeded goes without saying.

The Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company shipped here for trial from their works at Hopkins last week one of the new rigs which they are now manufacturing. The test was made last Thursday on Wm. Groskopp’s farm and the results were most satisfactory to all concerned. The 36-56 separator and 16 horsepower engine were used. The engine, with the separator in tow, moved through the snow with but little difficulty both to and from the farm. The work of the separator was excellent. On Friday Mr. Groskopp took a load of the wheat to the L. Christian & Co. mill where it was received without dockage. Mr. Groskopp is more than pleased with the results of the trial and renders the unqualified verdict the machine is a “daisy.”

If Dame Rumor is correct Shakopee is soon to have a brass band of no ordinary size and ability. The constitution and by-laws of the organization are now being prepared and the full arrangements will be completed in another week. There is plenty of good timber in the town out of which a good creditable band could be built up, and the scheme is certainly worth trying. The best players are to be picked out from the three bands which have held sway at one time and another in the town and a strong aggregation is looked for as the result.

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Farm for Sale.

Must be sold before Jan. 10. Will be sold at a sacrafice. Situated on the town line road three miles south of town. 160 acres; 52 acres under the plow; 30 acres pasturage; flue meadow and plenty of young timber; good garden, large orchard; lake and well. Specially suitable for stock farm. Stock, machinery, hay, fodder, everything will be sold.

Write to or enquire at this office, or on the premises.

The Edward O’Dowd Place.

Jan. 11, 1894

If your clock or watch stops take it to H. P. Marx. He will repair it at a reasonable price and warrant it to run and keep good time for one year.

Deutsch & Zettel are headquarters for all kinds of fancy goods such as vases, lamps, toilet articles, stationary, books, fine perfumes, odor sets, plush albums, card cases and an endless variety of other things. They carry besides a full line of drugs and medicines.

New Blacksmith Shop. I am prepared to do all kinds of Horse Shoeing. My special attention will be given to this and to all kinds of General Repairing at Wagner’s Blacksmith Shop. Albert Ziethen.

C. E. Busse has purchased and placed in his hall 160 opera chairs that for neatness, convenience and real solid comfort cannot be beat. They are of a late pattern, with lift seats, hat racks, etc., and their color fits the neat finish of the hall to a dot. While the hall is arranged to seat 160, a fair sized Shakopee audience, the capacity can be increased some 30 or 40 before the “standing room only” sign need be hauled out.

A notice for bids for the general merchandise stock and fixtures of Gertrude Berens, insolvent, appears in our legal columns this week. Look it up.

The members of the new band, The Shakopee Cherubini have elected officers as follows: Pres., H. A. Zettle; Vice Pres., Geo. Hirscher; Sec., John Gentgen; Treas., Fred Spindler; Director of Music, Jacob Bierline. The members so far signed are Jacob Bierline, solo B cornet; Ernest W. Haack, first B; Fred Spindler, second B; Jos. Spindler, E clarionet; Adam Teich, first B clarionet; Bert Ketterer, solo alto; Fred Mueller, first alto; John Vierling and Joseph Bierline, first tenors; Rudolph Wengler and Sam Bierline, second tenors; Theo. Mueller, baritone; Wm. Uschman, B bass; Linus Vierling and Herbert Zettle, tubas; John Gentgen, tenor; and Geo. Hirscher, bass drum. There are yet to sign an E cornet, first B cornet and second alto. This will swell the membership to 20, a number sufficiently large to form an excellent brass band.

Jan. 18, 1894

John Reis is improving his store building by putting in a new stairway leading to Dr. Sabin’s office. The rise is to be only six inches and the rests are much broader, making the ascent a much easier task.

To advertise my new gallery, Cabinet Photos for 30 days 50 c. less than the Minneapolis advance. Come now. Gallery opposite the How residence on Second street. H. M. Brown, Photographer, Shakopee, Minn.

Rosaline Oil, the World’s finest Kerosine Oil, now on sale at G. S. Lander’s Hardware Store.

An interesting scene is presented in the engine room of the mill these days. The removing of one big engine and the setting in place of another and more formidable monster is a job of no small proportions as the force of men now fast bringing the feat to a successful close can testify. The fact that, so far, the work has been carried on without an accident of any kind speaks much for the skill of Engineer Ferguson and Millright Finnegan, who have joint charge of the work. The old engine has been removed and shipped to Minneapolis, the ponderous fly-wheel of the new engine, weighing over 20,000 pounds, the pillow, and high and low pressure cylinder have all been put in place and the remaining work can be pushed to rapid completion. The field of action presents a busy scene from morning till night, and the manipulating of the massive parts of the giant is a sight well worth seeing. The walls of the mill itself will be pasted over with the “poultice of silence” for perhaps two weeks more, and then they will witness a gay scene of merrily bobbing, cheerily whirling machinery whose tireless ceaseless activity will give ample evidence of the new energy infused by the powerful giant below.

The sheet and pillow case dancing party to be given by the Pastime Dancing Club at Lander Opera House next Monday evening promises to be productive of whole lots of fun. While it is hoped that a larger part of the dancers will mask, no one need stay away should he not feel disposed to get himself “rigged out.” The admission to all is 25 cents, and it is hoped that large numbers will attend it for no other purpose than to hear the excellent music and watch the progress of the fun, although all will be free and welcome to dance.

Jan. 25 1894

Prof. J. F. Parsons has succeeded in getting pledged nearly the amount required to secure for Shakopee a course of university extension lectures, and it is probable that the first of a series of six will be given within a week or two. A meeting for the selection of a local committee will be held at the Union School tonight at eight o’clock.

If you want your laundry work done up neat and whole, bring it to Gross’ barber shop not later than Tuesday afternoon.

John P. Ring has received an appointment as mail clerk at $800 a year and will enter upon his new duties in the near future. Mr. Ring passed the rigid examination required with flying colors and is in every way worthy of the preferment. He will advance rapidly in grade.

J. A. Wilder has purchased a new “I X L” windmill which is now perched upon his sixty-feet-high tower. The old one has blown down regularly with each heavy gale for some years past, and has been as often replaced, but its flight of a week or so ago proved too much for its robust constitution and it now lies upon a bed of snow a mere wreck of its former self. The new one is of iron and ought to weather almost any Minnesota zephyr that sees fit to tackle it.

1919: Shakopee Tribune

Jan. 3, 1919

The fire department was called out about 9:30 yesterday morning to extinguish a small blaze in the Veiht Bros. garage, caused by the explosion of a kerosene heater. Very little damage resulted.

Creamery Reopened. George Dellwo has reopened the Shakopee creamery, operations having been resumed this week. The machinery has been thoroughly overhauled and the building put in repair, and Mr. Dellwo is now prepared to turn out first class butter. He also expects to manufacture ice cream…

Jan. 10, 1919

Police Matter Unsettled. At the meeting of the city council Monday evening, Mayor Lenertz appeared and further insisted upon the dismissal of Frank Miske from the police force and defended his positon in the appointment of John Weinzierl some weeks ago to serve as nightwatchman. There is a sharp divergence in the opinions of the mayor and council both as to Miske’s efficiency and as to the power of the mayor under our charter to make appointments, and the latter question, which is the important one, has been referred to City Attorney Southworth.

The east side of the Busse building on First St. is being painted and repapered this week preparatory to Miss Emma Busse moving her millinery stock therein. The building Miss Busse vacates has been rented by Veiht Bros. who will use it as an office for their garage next door.

Jan. 17, 1919

Miss Lizzie Linhoff has rented the Linhoff residence to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Watcher, who have already taken possession. Miss Lizzie is occupying the upper floor, where she will continue doing dressmaking.

William Kruppe of Louisville shot a gray wolf near his farm on Wednesday, receiving a bounty of $10.

Willie Gross of Shakopee is the fortunate one in the Boys’ and Girls’ state garden club contest to win first place in the south central district and will be given a free trip to the annual meeting of the Minnesota Horticultural society. Willie is a good honest worker and is to be congratulated on his success.

Jan. 24, 1919

Will Reopen Gallery. George E. Blackford of Algona, Iowa, has reopened the photograph studio here this week. Extensive improvements are being made to the interior of the building, after which Mr. Blackford will be pleased to meet the public. He comes here highly recommended and will be ready to serve the public with portraits, Kodak finishing, views, enlargements and picture framing. Give him a trial.

Miske Case in District Court. Mayor Lenertz, through his attorney, J. J. Moriarty, has instituted quo warranto proceedings in the court against Nightwatchman Frank Miske. The papers have transmitted to Glencoe, where Judge Tifft is now holding court, and without doubt a writ will issue from the court citing Miske to appear and explain by what authority he exercises the powers of a police officer. As the Tribune understands it, this move on the part of the mayor has merely to do with Miske’s police powers and does not affect his status as watchman. According to the statement of Alderman Coller, published in the Argus last week, the city has entered into a contract with Mr. Miske to perform certain services as a watchman, and this contract cannot be rescinded save by mutual agreement. There is nothing in the contract conferring police powers, which powers seem to be the matter at issue. It would seem that the matter is not beyond the bounds of amicable settlement.

The sewing classes of the Red Cross will continue their work next week as Scott county has quite a large allotment to complete for the month. Two thirds of the articles are for hospitals and the remaining third for the French and Belgian exiles.

Jan. 31, 1919

Wolves Numerous. In spite of the warm, open winter we are enjoying, complaints have been received from many parts of the surrounding country that wolves are attacking sheep and other farm animals. One or two were seen at the Hubert Pass farm near town this week. The county commissioners now pay a bounty of $2.50 on grown wolves and $2 for cubs on top of the state bounty of $7.50 and $3, respectively.

Home from France. John Hein, who has seen several months of service in the front line trenches with a machine gun battalion, arrived home Wednesday, honorably discharged at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. He was severely wounded and was confined in a hospital for many weeks. He is glad to be back home and glad of his experience in warfare.

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kurvers and little daughter have moved to Hopkins, where Mr. Kurvers has accepted the position of section foreman.

Willie Gross went to Minneapolis on Thursday to be in attendance at the meeting of the State Horticultural society. Willie was fortunate in winning a free trip to the meeting being the champion gardner of the south central district. He will remain for a week-end visit with relatives and friends and will return Sunday.

1919: Scott County Argus

Jan. 3, 1919

L. V. Larson of Henderson is the newly elected teacher of agriculture at the high school. Mr. Larson comes here from the Overland building, St. Paul, having just received his honorable discharge from the aviation department in which he enlisted.

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Reformatory for Women

Shakopee may get another building that was not included in the original plan as indicated from the following recommendation:

The first building of the greatly needed Reformatory for Women, at Shakopee, the receiving hospital and administrative center will be ready for use by July 31, 1919. When the board made its recommendation urging such an institution to the legislature of 1915, as had previously been done, it was suggested that in time no women be sent to the state prison but to the reformatory. At that time it was thought wise to have a building for women prisoners at the prison, taking them out of their cramped quarters and utilizing the building for other purposes in case of their subsequent removal, and $40,000 was appropriated for this purpose. This was never used. One cottage would be ample for this class, in our judgment, for a long time to come. We recommended that the $40,000 originally appropriated, and unused, be re-appropriated for this purpose. For every purpose of confinement, of training and of care, the mature woman offender will be much better off at the reformatory.

Jan. 10, 1919

The new bus conveying the children of District No. 3 to and from school arrived Tuesday and was put to immediate use by Driver George D. Smith on his trips Wednesday.

A flue in the boiler at the high school building burst Monday, necessitating a day’s vacation until repairs could be made. Following closely upon two enforced vacations caused by the influenza epidemic, the accident proved a most annoying interruption to the reestablished routine of school work and was summarized succinctly but humorously by Judge Weiland, president of the board of education, when the reporter inquired of him the cause of Monday’s vacation as “too much flue.”

Jan. 17, 1919

Joseph Jasper has been appointed a member of the board of education of Independent District No. 1 to fill the unexpired term of W. S. Newgard, resigned.

The street committee of the common council is looking up the feasibility and cost of improving and putting into passable condition the road known as the old ferry road, to be used until such time as the trestle road can be completed for general traffic and the use of Mudcura sanitarium. Dr. H. P. Fischer, president of Mudcura, was asked to be present at the council meeting Tuesday evening to advise and counsel with the members as to what might be done in reference to the proposition. This matter should be gone into thoroughly as the trestle road cannot be traveled for some months to come and the ferry road would provide a very necessary highway to the north.

Jan. 24, 1919

Miss Josephine Fitzpatrick, who has been teaching the fourth and fifth grade classes in Independent District No. One, resigned her position Friday to accept work in Washington, D. C., for the government and left yesterday. Her sister, Miss Lulu Fitzpatrick, is also in Washington. Miss Clara Abel, the former primary teacher, has succeeded Miss Fitzpatrick and Miss Grace Griffith has charge of the primary work.

Schroeder Brick and Lime Mfg. Co. loaded a car of brick for Winsted Tuesday.

Misses Blanche Gelhaye and Lena Kurvers will go to St. Paul next week to begin work in a wholesale millinery house as trimmers.

Miss Emma Busse has moved her millinery store into the building adjoining August Gelhaye’s restaurant and is again ready for business.

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Eagle Creek Farmers Do Valuable Work

In view of the fact that the road running east from Shakopee into Eagle Creek would be in an almost impassable condition when spring comes and the further fact that the city’s street fund at the present time is practically exhausted, a number of Eagle Creek farmers considerately and generously offered their services to help gravel the road, and the first few days of the week found teams and men at work under the supervision of the street committee.

More than two hundred loads of gravel were hauled and spread on Shakopee’s portion of the road and the timely and valuable assistance so cheerfully given by those farmers who contributed their teams, time and labor are deeply appreciated both by the council and street committee and the city of Shakopee. This is the same road on which Frank Siebenaler did the city a valuable service in December when he ran his road drag over it and put it in a condition to travel upon this winter…

Jan. 31, 1919

George Erkens has purchased the Stratton Implement store at Belle Plaine and Mr. and Mrs. Erkens moved there Monday to reside.

The ferry road is being graveled and otherwise repaired for travel.

Arthur Gelhaye presented his little daughter with a handsome new piano.

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Rousing Good Roads Meet At Prior Lake. The good roads meeting called to be held at Prior Lake last Tuesday drew enthusiastic road boosters from every section of the county. About two hundred were in attendance, each one of whom manifested the keenest interest in the various matters presented for consideration…

1944: Shakopee Argus-Tribune

Jan. 6, 1944

New Reformatory Head Appointed. Miss Mary Ann Toner, for the past eight years educational director at the State Reformatory for Women here, has been appointed acting superintendent of the institution during the absence of Miss Estelle Jamieson, who has been granted a year’s leave…

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School District Gets Entire NYA Educational Equipment

After much consideration and discussion, and several months of correspondence the Board of Education of the Shakopee Independent School District has been given all the machinery, tools and educational equipment at the N.Y.A. Center. This comes on a loan basis for the duration plus six months. The property has been conservatively valued at over $100,000.

The buildings erected by the N.Y.A. are included with the grant. Over 200 acres of land and 37 small buildings belonging to the State of Minnesota, have also been secured on a dollar per year lease…

Jan. 13, 1944

Housewives Urged To Deliver Salvaged Tin Containers Promptly. Reminding residents that the Jacob Ries Bottling Works is shipping another carload of salvage tin cans January 24, E. G. Leibold, county salvage chairman, this week urged housewives to prepare their salvaged tin cans and deliver them to their grocers promptly so that all available tin salvage may be included in the January 24 shipment…

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School News of Shakopee Public School

It has been inevitable for some time that the combined seventh and eighth grade with 48 students, would require adjustments. At the November school board meeting the school board voted to employ an additional teacher.

Mrs. Adolph Sandbakken, teaching on a part-time basis in high school, and doing excellent work, was well qualified for the upper grade position. On December 13, Mrs. Sandbakken was employed as full-time teacher of the eighth grade only. Miss Eulalia Kowalcyk will continue teaching the seventh grade. Now that these two grades have been developed the quality of instruction will increase measurably.

Mrs. Betty Buck Sevenants recently returned to Shakopee when her husband was transferred to overseas duty. Mrs. Sevenants has had several years of very successful teaching experience and was elected by the school board to fill the vacancy created by the promotion of Mrs. Sandbakken…

Jan. 20, 1944

FOR RENT—6-room house. ANTON BOEGEMAN.

FOR RENT—Rooms above Shakopee Cafe. Inquire MRS. LEONARD SIEBENALER.

Dr. Halver Heads Humane Society. Dr. D. L. Halver, Shakopee veterinarian, was elected president of the Minnesota Society for the Prevention of Cruelty at the society’s seventy-fourth annual meeting held in St. Paul, last Saturday…

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Recreation Program To Be Topic at Meeting Here in February

Inaugurated by the Shakopee Post of the American Legion, a movement is now on here to formulate a supervised community recreational program for the youth of Shakopee.

Through the efforts of the Legion all civic, fraternal, parish and service organizations in the city have been urged to appoint committees to represent their respective groups as members of a master committee which is to meet for a general discussion of the project February 14. The meeting is to be held in the city hall…

Jan. 27, 1944

FOR SALE—The Joseph Ring home, 124 Spencer. Modern; gas heat, hot water heater. Call MRS. HARRY C. MERTZ, Tel. 244.

Shakopee Boy Cast in College Stage Play. Mr. Robert Thilgen, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Thilgen of Shakopee, took part in the presentation of the new play, “Little Women,” given at the St. Cloud State Teachers’ college, St. Cloud, Minn., Jan. 24…

Interest Shown in Community Youth Program. That residents have become interested in the question of a recreational program for Shakopee was definitely established this week, when Legion officers who inaugurated the movement, announced that nearly every fraternal church, service and civic organization in the community had appointed committees to consider the matter…

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Shakopee Area Trades School Opens With Enrollment of 37

With 37 farmers registered for instruction in the repair and maintenance of farm machinery, the Shakopee Area Trades school, operated under the supervision of the Shakopee public schools, held its first class Monday night.

The trades school, housed in the shops and employing the tools and facilities of the former NYA center, is now operating on a schedule offering instruction three nights each week, three hours per night…

1969: Shakopee Valley News

Jan. 2, 1969

Municipal Commission Orders On Expanding 3 Areas In Scott County. If proposed annexation gets approval of the majority of the voters in the township areas affected, the City of Shakopee will be expanded from about two and one-half square miles to 41 square miles, similar in size to Bloomington. Approved in the order of the Minnesota Commission on Tuesday of last week, December 24, was the annexing of all of Jackson township (5,440 acres); sections one through 24 and 28 through 32 and all of the township of Eagle Creek, lying south of the Minnesota River in sections 33 through 36 (15,680 acres), and a portion of Louisville township, section 9, 16 and 17, lying southerly and easterly of the Minnesota River and that of section 24, lying east of the center line of Scott County Road No. 79 (9,600 acres). Balloting is to be on Tuesday, February 25, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Eagle Creek Town Hall, Jackson Hall and at the residence of Clerk James Theis in Louisville township…

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John Rosen To Broadcast From Vietnam Post

Friends of E-3 John R. Rosen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Rosen, 704 West Sixth, Shakopee, may hear his voice from Vietnam over radio station KNUJ, New Ulm, Minnesota.

Rosen will be heard on KNUJ on Thursday, January 16 at 3:15 p.m.

He was interviewed in Vietnam recently by KNUJ reporter Gene Rodewald. Rodewald’s trip to Vietnam to interview area servicemen and the special radio programs being aired daily at 10:15 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. on KNUJ AM and at 9:30 each evening on KNUJ-FM, featuring these area servicemen was made possible by Supersweet Feed dealers and Rural Electric Co-operative.

Jan. 9, 1969

Circulate Petition To Abolish Shakopee Utilities Commission. Now being circulated, in an effort to secure the 161 required signatures, are petitions within the City of Shakopee that seek to bring before the voters of the city the proposition of a “yes” or “no” vote on the abolishing of the Shakopee Public Utilities Commission…

A Pepsi party for Miss Shakopee Contestants was held last Saturday, January 4 at the Shakopee Public Utilities building, with the Shakopee Mrs. Jaycees as hostesses for the event…

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Figure Skating Lessons Now Being Held At Swimming Pool

Free figure skating lessons for interested boys and girls began Saturday afternoon, January 4 at the Swimming Pool Skating Rink in Shakopee, sponsored by the Shakopee Recreation Board. This popular program has been made possible by a generous grant from Shakopee Ford, co-sponsor of this annual program.

Instructor is Miss Nikki Howland, a Figure Skating Gold Medalist who recently placed fifth in Senior Ladies Competition in the Midwest Section of the United States Figure Skating Association…

Jan. 16, 1969

$25,000 Stans Grant Pledged To Historical Society Project. Mrs. Margaret MacFarlane, historical co-ordinator of the Scott County Historical Society, announced at the Society meeting on Tuesday evening of this week, January 14, in the First National Bank, that the Maurice Stans Foundation has pledged a total grant of $25,000 in payments of $5,000 at six month intervals, for the Society’s proposed historical restoration project in the Memorial Park area, east edge of Shakopee…

Citizens Committee For School Bond Issue On Feb. 11 Organized. Organized at a meeting held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 9, in the Shakopee Senior High School Library was a Citizens Committee to promote Shakopee School District No. 720’s current building program plans and the pending $2.1 million bond issue to finance the three-stage program…

Take First Step On Jr. High Remodeling. A motion authorizing the district enter into a contract with the architectural firm, Armstrong, Schlicting, Torseth and Skold, Inc. of Minneapolis, to initiate first phase planning of the proposed remodeling of the Junior High building, Fifth and Holmes, the first in a proposed three-stage building program, was approved at the regular January meeting of Shakopee School District No. 720 board of education held Monday night of this week, January 13, in the Board room at Shakopee Senior High School on Tenth Avenue…

New Offices For Fred Kerber. Fred Kerber, agent for Farmers Insurance Group, for the past five years, has recently moved into new office quarters at 112 South Holmes, he announced this week…

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To Succeed Sister As Municipal Court Judge For City Of Shakopee

Minnesota Governor Harold LeVander last Friday, January 10, named Kermit J. Lindmeyer, 52, of Shakopee, to be Shakopee’s new Court Judge.

Judge Lindmeyer will succeed his sister, the late Isla L. Lindmeyer, in the post. Miss Lindmeyer died Sunday, December 29…

Jan. 23, 1969

Razing the old flour mill building, recently obtained by the City of Shakopee through condemnation, to gain added area for the city’s downtown improvement program, was under way on Monday of this week, January 20. Leveling of this structure, located at the rear of Montgomery-Ward on Lewis Street, marks the culmination of the acquisition activity that extended for a near two-year period due to litigation. Completing the razing is Hauer Bros. of Shakopee, who had the lowest of three bids, at $4,575. Deadline for removal is February 15, with Hauer reporting good progress and is expected the work to be completed well prior to this date.

Scott Board Authorizes Additional Sheriff’s Deputy, Fred Rgnonti. Following a presentation by Scott County Sheriff W. B. “Rip” Schroeder to the Scott County Board of Commissioners at their regular meeting this week, January 21, in the Scott courthouse at Shakopee, authorization was given the hiring Fred Rgnonti, 27, of Credit River township as an added full-time deputy sheriff…

Cormac Suel Heads Scott Library Board. Cormac Suel, Shakopee postmaster, was named president of the Scott County Library Board at its organizational meeting held Tuesday evening, January 7, in the Board of Commissioners room at the Scott County courthouse in Shakopee…

Appoint Bank Officer. F. A. Weiland, president of The First National Bank announced this week that Mrs. Janice Bastyr had been appointed assistant cashier and women’s representative The First National Bank, as the result of action of the board of directors at their annual reorganizational meeting on Tuesday of last week, January 14…

No Coaches; Drop Rec Board. The Shakopee Recreation Board regrets that for the first time in twelve years it has had to cancel its Grade Five Basketball Program. Forty boys were registered in the program but with only one coach the task was impossible…

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Now Dial Tone For Phone Users

Starting tomorrow, (Friday), January 24, Shakopee telephone users whose numbers start with the “445” prefix will hear a new, distinctive dial tone.

W. R. Mahady, Northwestern Bell Telephone manager, said the new, lower-pitched dial tone is the first step in the company’s plans to make Touch-Tone calling available to Shakopee customers this spring.

When Touch-Tone calling, with its pushbutton phones, becomes available, it will be offered on an optional basis to customers who have one and two-party service.

Mahady pointed out that the new dial tone is necessary to avoid a conflict with the frequencies used in this new service.

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Organize Junior Rifle Club In Shakopee

Howard McBride, … Savage, has been selected Adult Club Leader of the newly organized rifle club, The Shakopee Junior Sportsmen Club of Shakopee, by the National Rifle Association.

Membership in the new junior rifle club will be restricted to youngsters under 19 years of age…

The aim of the club, like thousands of others similarly chartered by the National Rifle Association of America, is to teach youngsters the fundamentals of good marksmanship and safe firearms handling on the target range and in the hunting field.

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‘Passage Of School Bond Issue’ Theme Of Dist. No. 720 Adult Poster Contest

Donald Tarr, assistant principal of Shakopee Public Elementary Schools, announced this week that an adult poster contest will be held to promote the passage of the school bond issue on February 11.

A $10 prize will be awarded for the winning poster and all posters will be displayed in the community…

Tarr pointed out that the adult contest is in addition to a student poster contest also underway at all Public Schools…

Jan. 30, 1969

Firms ‘Happy’ With Off-Street Parking Lots. The survey of members of the Shakopee Chamber of Commerce, presented at the adjourned meeting at the Common Council last Thursday evening, January 23, indicated merchants in general are happy with the new off-street parking lots, think they should be named, but did not accept the previous suggestion presented at a previous council meeting of using names of women of pioneer Shakopee families, and are about evenly divided on whether parking should be angle on both sides or all parallel on Fuller, Holmes and Lewis Streets between First and Second…

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City Officials Surveyed On Highway Plans

Shakopee’s city officials at the adjourned meeting of the Common Council held last Thursday evening, January 23, were presented three possible alignments in proposed relocation of area highways, and were asked to complete attitude surveys to be used to rate the relative importance of six highway planning considerations in determining the relocating of Highways 169, 212 and 41…

The tentative proposals had two standout factors in relation to the City of Shakopee – that, in all three, the relocation of Highway 169 would be to the south of the city limits, possibly a half mile to a mile, similar to the by-pass proposed in the City of Shakopee Comprehensive Guide Plan, and that the bridge for the Minnesota River at Shakopee would be east of the city in two of the proposed realignments, with the original west Shakopee location not considered…

Generally the tentative plans are:

System A – Highway 212 would veer north through Chaska and turn east in a corridor parallel to present State Highway 5. Highway 169 would bypass Shakopee to the south and east to follow a corridor along present Highway 101, south of the Minnesota River, turning north to cross the river, to require a bridge span near the Eden Prairie-Bloomington boundary (Hennepin County 18). The engineers term this a “rectangular” scheme.

System B – A “diagonal” scheme, would have Highway 169 following the same corridor as in System A, but Highway 212 would follow approximately its present alignment. In this plan, the bridge span would be just east of Chaska with the traffic not routed through downtown Chaska.

System C – is considered a combination of A and B. Highway 212 would cross the Minnesota River just east of Shakopee, similar to the proposal by the Council near the former city dump, and converge with Highway 212 in Eden Prairie.

All the plans propose a linking with Interstate 494 and the Crosstown Highway, just northwest of Eden Prairie…

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Offer Consolidation Plans For St. Mark’s, St. Mary’s

Three separate plans to provide a co-operative system of education between St. Mark’s and St. Mary’s Parochial Schools in Shakopee were introduced to parents and other interested citizens at the St. Mark’s Home School Association Meeting on Tuesday evening of this week, January 28, at 8 p.m. in St. Mark’s Hall.

Dr. Roland Pistulka, president of St. Mark’s Board of Education told the capacity crowd that the choice was either to make the most possible use of both schools on a co-operative bases, or phase out the Parochial school system in Shakopee altogether.

Plan one, explained by Dr. Pistulka, calls for a unification of the two schools, which are only five blocks apart. St. Mark’s would provide 20 classrooms for an estimated 600 students in grades one through five, with no more than 30 students per class, and St. Mary’s would provide 12 classrooms for an estimated 325 students in grades six, seven and eight…

Plan two calls for the closing of St. Mary’s as a regular school and having only grades one through six at St. Mark’s. Although this would mean that there would be no Parochial Junior High school in Shakopee, the money saved could be used for a more adequate CCD program, including regular release periods twice a week from the public schools for high school students…

Plan three calls for the best of plan one and two according to Father Huber. It calls for consolidation of grades outlined in plan one, with grades one through five at St. Mark’s and grades six through eight at St. Mary’s, plus setting up of a religious education center at St. Mary’s for senior high students and adults, with the hiring of two professional religious instructors…

1994: Shakopee Valley News

Jan. 6, 1994

Trial on ownership of track begins. The battle for ownership of Canterbury Downs began in Scott County District Court Tuesday, with attorneys representing Twin Cities financier Irwin Jacobs and Fargo, N.D. businesswoman Susan Bala each declaring their client has the only valid agreement to buy the failed Shakopee racetrack…

New Snyder Drug Store opens. Co-owners Gary Gustafson and Sharon Wiser opened their new Snyder drug store at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Marschall Road in Shakopee on Monday. The Snyder store replaces Eastman Eagle Drug, 214 S. Holmes St., which Gustafson and Wiser had operated…

Jan. 13, 1994

Jacobs gets track. Scott County District Court Judge Michael Young ruled Wednesday that Twin Cities financier Irwin Jacobs holds the only valid contract to purchase Canterbury Downs. Young issued his decision in a 39-page document…

City gets inquiry on sale of Murphy’s

An unidentified group of investors has approached the city of Shakopee with a proposal to buy Murphy’s Landing.

In a letter to Mayor Gary Laurent, attorney Thomas Reiter of the law firm Thomas Reiter & Associates, St. Paul, said that his unidentified clients were interested in knowing whether the city was willing to part with the 88-acre living historical museum that has been on the brink of financial collapse at least twice within the last 10 years.

On Tuesday night, at a City Council committee of the whole meeting, Reiter asked that a lease the city has with the Minnesota Valley Restoration Project (MVRP) to operate the site be extended until Jan. 31 so that negotiations for the purchase could be explored…

Bids sought for second phase of sports complex

The Shakopee School Board Monday authorized bid solicitation for the second phase of the athletic complex project at Shakopee High School…

The second phase of the project will include a fenced, nine-lane track; a combination football/soccer field; long-jump, triple-jump. and high-jump areas; areas for pole vaulting, shot put and discus events; home-side bleachers, with a seating capacity of 1,014; fencing around the complex; and walkway lighting…

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Fine arts may be graduation requirement

Completion of at least one fine arts course may become a graduation requirement at Shakopee High School.

At its Monday meeting, the Shakopee School Board heard a report from high school principal Jim Murphy and Andy Mast, director of the school’s instrumental music program, who are members of a committee formed to study a fine arts requirement. The committee took its direction from the district-wide strategic plan, which calls for a fine arts requirement…

The high school’s Fine Arts Graduation Requirement Committee is asking the board to approve a policy that would require students to take at least one credit of fine arts…

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DOT: Mini-bypass, bridge project is nearly complete

Work has been halted for the winter with about 90 percent of the downtown Shakopee mini-bypass river bridge project completed, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation…

Weather permitting, project contractor C.S. McCrossan Co. will begin finishing work in early May, which is expected to last six to eight weeks, the DOT said. Among the work to be finished includes the final blacktop overlay on the new bypass, alleys, connections to First Avenue and parking lots; trail connections from the north end of the old bridge; completion of the pedestrian park to include rock removal, excavation work, stair construction and handicap-accessible path construction; and landscaping and miscellaneous cleanup work.

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Met Center too costly; Sabers to play at EP

Reversing its decision to maintain the Metropolitan Sports Center as its home away from home, the Shakopee High School ice hockey team will be moving to Eden Prairie Community Center after all.

The reason for the switch: money…

Jan. 20, 1994

Down to a science. Fremont Industries Inc., an Industrial chemical company based In Shakopee, recently donated $7,017 to be used to purchase science equipment at Shakopee High School. The school submitted a wish list which included lab items, chemistry videos and graphing calculators. Mark Gruss, president of Fremont, said he wanted the company to get involved in “the business of education.”

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Outage – school and electricity

Frigid temperatures closed Shakopee public and private schools Tuesday, and caused outages in the Shakopee area Saturday morning, leaving hundreds of homes without electricity and heat, some for more than four hours.

About 2,000 Shakopee Public Utilities customers were without power for varying periods of time Saturday when two poles holding electrical lines shared by the utility and Minnesota Valley Electrical Cooperative (MVEC) in Jordan snapped in the bitter subzero temperatures.

Power was restored gradually after the 7:05 a.m. power failure, and service was completely restored by 11:30 a.m. Temperatures at the time of the power outage ranged from 25 to 30 below zero…

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A place to call home

…Something will be taking place at Cross of Peace on Sunday — “Dedication Sunday,” which will include an open house from 1 to 4 p.m., and a special dedication service at 5 p.m. (Regular worship services will be held at the usual times, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.)

The 266-member congregation is celebrating its new building, which is located on the southeast side of Shakopee on Wood Duck Trail, just off Marschall Road…

Jan. 27, 1994

Minge seeks bypass funding. U.S. Rep. David Minge has asked a key congressional subcommittee on transportation to provide $18.6 million for the Shakopee Bypass. If approved, the money would provide 80 percent of the $23.25 million needed to complete the nine-mile bypass, which will run south of the city. The remaining funding will come from the state…

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In Shakopee, the art of graduation just got finer

Beginning with the class of 1997, Shakopee High School students will be required to take at least one fine-arts credit in order to graduate.

The policy change was unanimously adopted by the six School Board members present at Monday’s board meeting. Board member Jessica Geis was absent…

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School Board hears concept for ‘new look’ classrooms

Home economics courses are now being called life sciences. And what used to be shop is now technology preparation, or tech prep.

But giving the departments different names is just the tip of the iceberg, according to instructors and other staff in the Shakopee School District.

The classrooms themselves will be transformed from rows of desks and equipment areas to work stations that resemble a business office, should the district decide to go with a “synergistic” lab.

On Monday night, Beth Schneider, a personal and family life science teacher at Shakopee Junior High, and Ken Rood, director of instructional programs, showed the School Board pictures of a trip they took to a middle school in Omaha, Neb., that was using the setup.

They pointed out the synergy labs’ arrangement, in which students were paired off and worked in circular modules. Besides using computers and videos, the students got hands-on experience in technology and life-management by working with such things as robotic arms, audio broadcasting equipment, microwaves and sewing machines.

Schneider said students worked on a variety of short-term — usually seven- to eight-day – projects. Students worked cooperatively with each other, and teachers served more as facilitators than leaders, although they were present to help students figure out solutions…

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Neighborhood loses fight to stop street

Residents living on Boiling Springs Lane lost their fight against City Hall Jan. 18 when the Shakopee City Council voted to change the 3,000-foot cul-de-sac they live on into a residential roadway…

The proposed residential development plan for Eagle Creek Bluff calls for construction of a north-south roadway on what is now the cul-de-sac. Those plans, along with the construction of the new Bloomington Ferry Bridge and the realignment of County Road 18, will provide easier access to new residential neighborhoods, according to city staff…

1893: Scott County Argus

Nov. 2, 1893

Fresh oysters and fresh fish always on hand at Gellenbeck’s restaurant.

World’s Fair Souvenirs can be purchased at H. P. Marx’s at about half the price sold at the Fair. Call and see the beautiful sterling silver spoons and other fancy articles for Souvenirs. Some goods can only be obtained by leaving orders for duplicates as only a limited number are to be had.

Jos. Linhoff removed his family from his old home at Merriam Junction to his elegant new residence in this city last week.

Plans are being made for a pressed brick, plate glass front to be put into John Schwartz’s building on First street. The work will probably be done this fall.

A beautiful stuffed specimen of a native pelican is on exhibition at Deutsch & Zettel’s drug store. It stands over two feet high and is of the purest white except on the tips of the wing feathers, where the color is shaded to a beautiful drab. The bird was shot, together with its mate, by Otto Zaum at Pleasant Lake. It is a valuable specimen, and well worth a visit.

Little Mat Klinkhmmer met with quite a severe accident a short time ago. While cutting shinny sticks in company with Benny Kohls the latter accidentally struck Mat’s hand with an ax, as he was holding down a desirable stick for Benny to cut off. The middle finger of the left hand was cut nearly off, but hung by a small piece of skin. The finger was put back in place and stitched on, and the chances are now that the severed portion will be saved.

Nov. 9, 1893

Parties wanting wedding cakes or cakes for parties, we will be pleased to fill your orders, at Gellenbeck’s Restaurant.

A decided improvement has been made on First street in front of Pat’k Condon’s buildings, the old sidewalk having been replaced by a new and more substantial one.

A new cigar factory has been started in the Conter House by Gentgen and Simmer. They have bought out the business of C. W. Meyer who will accept the position of foreman under the new firm.

A. Greenberg intends to move into the How building in the spring.

Jacob Ries, Sr., will return from Chicago in a day or two with four awards received upon five displays which his progressive Bottling Works had maintained at the World’s Fair. Mr. Ries received the gold medal at the Paris Exposition, has a state and a county medal, and now with these new awards he may certainly feel that his goods are very much endorsed. It is a source of congratulation both to himself and to Shakopee that the products of his thriving institution meet with such marked signs of merit and approval.

Mathew Lies moved in from Marystown today. He has located for the winter in the Annen house on west Fourth street. Next spring he will build a commodious residence on the lot adjoining the west side.

Peter Yost met with quite an accident Tuesday. While leading a steer the rope got wound around the thumb of his right hand, the steer became unruly and dashed away from Mr. Yost. The rope tightened around the thumb and tore off the first joint, bone and all. It is a most painful accident and one of which his friends will regret to hear.

Val. Zoller has been revelling in a wealth of beautiful roses this week. His nephew who was recently here from Chicago sent up a big box of assorted beauties last Sunday and Mr. Zoller has been busy giving them away to his friends ever since. The greenhouse owned by his two nephews is one of the largest in Chicago, and if the contents of the box sent here are a fair sample, their flowers must be of the very best.

Mrs. M. Henschel expects to remove into her new quarters in the How Block within a week. She will occupy the third store from the Bank corner.

Nov. 16, 1893

A millinery department under the management of Miss Celia Stirn is proving quite a feature at the Shakopee Cash Store. Give it a call.

A work train on the St. Louis deposited several car loads of cinders at the scene of last week’s wreck, just before dark yesterday and this caused the report to spread that another wreck had occurred at the same place. The heavy grade and the sharp curve at this point will naturally cause the empty box cars to hop off the track, so that a wreck is not unexpected at any time. We would suggest that at the cost of a few box cars the road might pick up its track and run it across to this point without any curve. The increase in traffic from this place would pay for the work within a few years.

Mrs. M. Henschel will remove to her apartments in the How Block the first of next week.

The first skating of the season was enjoyed by the “small fry” last Monday on the little pond in the rear of the mill. And the genuine well-developed particle will be at hand within a day or two, if this north wind can maintain its grip for that length of time.

Messrs. Nicholas Berens and John Nachtsheim, who have for some years past been doing business under the firm name of The Shakopee Cash Store on Monday severed their business relationship, Mr. Nachtsheim retiring. Mr. Berens will continue the business here, while Mr. Nachtsheim will either open a general merchandise store in the How Block or accept a position with a firm in Minneapolis.

Nov. 23, 1893

C. Jos. Strunk received from Mr. Willson this week a big official envelope containing five cents, that amount being due him from his accounts of 1889, A. D. when postmaster here. He had remitted five cents too much on a money order, and the department has got up to ’89 in its work and hence remitted the amount as stated. Mr. Strunk was obliged to write a receipt for the amount, which was duly forwarded to Washington.

The first “heat” of the now prosperous Minnesota Stove Co. was run off just two years ago today. The benefits which the town has derived from its well deserved success are patent to all.

John Nachtsheim will not engage in the general merchandise business here as rumored last week. He has purchased a knitting machine and is now prepared to do all kinds of knitting to order at his residence. Children’s hose and men’s socks, 15 c. per pair; ladies, 20 c.

Nov. 30, 1893

Anton Koeper went to Wisconsin yesterday to get select Eastern timber for use in his wagon factory here.

Prof. J. F. Parsons principal of the Union school, treated the scholars to fruit, candy, etc., on Friday afternoon last.

Rev. Mr. Jones, Presbyterian minister, has rented the Octagon house and will move his family here the latter part of this week.

Flaherty & Lies are making an appreciable improvement in the appearance and comfort of their store by having it re-covered with siding.

P. A. Preiser has moved his family into Jacob Clemens’s house on First street.

Deutsch & Zettel have shipped their large soda fountain to a New York firm, in exchange for a new and handsomer one, from which will gush the cooling soda when robins nest again.

A skating rink has been made at the foot of Holmes street which will be owned and operated by Messrs. James Leyde, Michael Hartz, and Geo. Davis. The ice within the enclosure is in excellent shape and, if the institution can be kept running throughout the winter, it will prove a source of pleasure to the skating public and of profit to the owners.

1918: Shakopee Tribune

Nov. 1, 1918

Schools Ordered Closed. The influenza epidemic seems to be far from checked so far as Shakopee is concerned. On Tuesday the board of health and the school board judged it best to close the schools. This step was not taken owing to any outbreak among the children, but largely because many parents were keeping their children home, and the classes were pretty badly broken up. St. Mark’s school closed the same day…

The H. J. Hoard family have moved to Derby, Conn., where they will be permanently settled for some time. Mr. Hoard is superintending the building of a dam. He is the resident engineer and will take several years to complete the work.

The Mathias Beckerich family have moved in from Eden Prairie and are occupying the Bieren house. They will reside in town for the winter.

A deal was closed on Thursday by which Jacob Mahowald, bought the harness shop of P. J. Mahowald, taking possession at once. He wishes to state that he will continue in the monument business and solicits your trade. P. J. Mahowald and family will move to their farm near Lakeville next week. The Mahowald family have a wide circle of friends here who regret to see them leave but wish them unbound success in their new home.

Nov. 8, 1918

Miss Helen Huth commenced a six months’ term of school in the Kopp district in Eagle Creek on Monday.

Nov. 15, 1918

All ladies of the Red Cross sewing classes are urged to come and sew every day excepting Saturdays. The chapter is anxious to get its allotment completed by December 1st.

John Kennedy was the victim of an accident which might have resulted fatally for him. Mr. Kennedy was on his way down town on Wednesday morning and while crossing the Milwaukee railroad tracks near the Simons Lumber Co., was struck by the engine and thrown across the tracks. The heavy Milwaukee freight was just coming to a stop and Mr. Kennedy failed to see or hear the train. He was struck on the right hip and suffered severe bruises. He was taken to his home and medical aid summoned. He is as well as can be expected at this writing and it will be some time before he will be able to be about again.

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Shakopee Wild When Peace News Comes

Shakopee celebrated the surrender of Germany and the ending of the war as became a city which had sent more than a hundred of her young men into the service of the country. News of the surrender was first received in this city by W. N. Southworth shortly after 2 o’clock a. m. Monday morning, but he was unable to arouse anyone for a half hour. The operator at central who controls the fire bell was skeptical until Minneapolis had branded the report as official from Washington. Then the celebration broke loose. After the fire bell had sounded a few taps, the whistle at the stove works cut loose. St. Mary’s church bell was next, then one after another the other vehicles of noisy rejoicing entered the arena of pandemonium. Although one of the last to begin, the bells of St. Mark’s carried off first honors, for they can be heard for miles out into the country and it was their voices that carried the news to many a farm home hours before it would become known in the ordinary course of events. By 3:30 impromptu parades had been formed, and shouting crowds added their vociferations to the screeching of the whistles and the resounding of the bells. A bonfire was lighted at the corner of First and Lewis and the fire company turned out with the hose and ladder trucks. All day the bells and whistles kept up the fun, the whistles intermittently and the bells steadily. Trainmen added to the noise, and not a train came through that did not herald its approach with wild and prolonged “hip, hip, hoorahs” from its engine. One train on the St. Louis is credited with having tied open its whistle and maintained one long howl from Minneapolis to Albert Lea.

During the day several parades took place. Some of the girls staged one at 11 a. m. and in the afternoon the small boys turned out. The kids rode the Kaiser around in a garbage can, but the motto on their banner is better left unrecorded. In the evening a large parade was formed at the city hall. In this marched contingents from the local Red Cross, the Home Guard company, the Cadet band and other local institutions. In all probably 400 people marched. On one corner the Kaiser in his carriage of state, who had been the main feature of the parade, was surrounded by an armed guard soaked with coal oil and made to expiate his misdeeds in a blaze of fire, while J. J. Moriarty made a short address, the gist of which was a congratulatory encomium for Shakopee on her steadfastness and loyalty through the great days now past and hope that the temperature through which the Kaiser was just passing was not a fleabite to what he was going to get later on in the kingdom to which he will shortly be assigned. The individual celebrations lasted late in to the night. So much for the noise.

In every home, especially in those from which boys had gone out to do battle for civilization, there was rejoicing just as fervent of a quiet and prayerful kind. As Christian people who have prepared to make every sacrifice required for the cause of country, civilization and humanity, our people turned to their God in the hour of victory and though public worship in the churches was unadvisable owing the epidemic, many a thankful prayer was offered in the family circles that the horrors of war had been lifted from the heads of loved ones on land and sea.

Nov. 22, 1918

Shakopee Wants Cannon As Trophy. The war is over and Shakopee has given proof of her loyalty and devotion to the cause by the enthusiasm with which every war effort was supported as well as by her manhood contribution, many of whom joined the colors before the selective service act went into effect. Therefore the Tribune feels that the town should be presented with a public memorial of her activity in the cause of victory, and what could be more appropriate than that the United States government should present us with a cannon, to be placed in some public place, either the city hall yard or the court house grounds, to be a permanent memento to these memorable times. A captured German gun would, perhaps, be preferable as a war trophy, but one of the field pieces which helped to drive the Hun back to his lair would also be highly desirable…

Atty. J. J. Moriarty moved his office from the Busse building on First street to the Hinds block on Lewis st.

Mr. and Mrs. Christ Geisler and little daughter of Eden Prairie moved into the Broman house on First street, yesterday. Mr. Geisler bought the place last week, Mr. and Mrs. Broman going to Minneapolis to reside.

Nov. 29, 1918

August Casselius Badly Hurt. August Cassellius met with an unfortunate accident at the Shane Bros. & Wilson corn mill Monday morning about ten o’clock. He was sweeping and oiling machinery on the second floor, and while oiling a shaft on one of the roller mills his coat sleeve must have been caught by the drive chain. The machine carried a protecting frame, but his arm was inside the frame for the purpose of oiling, and it was probably the frame which was responsible, in part at least, for the injuries he received. The arm, caught in the moving chain and held by the wooden framework, was broken in two places. In addition, the chain, before breaking and releasing him, tore the flesh loose from the bones of the forearm, inflicting a ghastly wound. No one was near at the time, but he was able to walk to the first floor where others were working. He was hurried over to Dr. Reiter’s office where the injured arm was set and dressed, and at the time of this writing (Tuesday) it is not believed that amputation will be necessary, although the torn condition of the flesh makes it somewhat doubtful if it can be saved.

A Boon to School Children. One of the happy results of the road grading job just north of the bridge which was not mentioned in the contract specifications is the gift to the schoolchildren (and the rest of us, too) of an artificial skating pond three-quarters of a mile long and twenty to forty feet wide, reaching from Riverside Park past the new cement trestle. Heretofore parents have had to worry over their children skating on the river, or on the lakes. But here is a skating pond close at hand and perfectly safe for the smallest children, the water being nowhere deeper than a few feet. Just now the ice is as smooth as glass, and it would be hard to find a better winter pleasure ground for the youngsters.

The Thanksgiving dance given at the opera house Wednesday night was fairly well attended, about seventy couples being present. The new home orchestra made its debut and is reported to have given general satisfaction.

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Road Work Progressing

The line drag grading outfit engaged in grading the mile road is on the last lap and according to the operators that part of the big job will be completed by the end of next week, well within the time calculated necessary for that part of the operation. The machine was set up late in September, so it will have taken just ten weeks to finish.

The next job will be the packing and leveling of the road bed, which looks as if it might be a stupendous job. And after that will come the surfacing. It looks as though it would be a long time before the road will be in use again. But the temporary inconvenience will be well compensated for in a thoroughfare which will be free from all the hills to which ordinary roads are heir.

1918: Scott County Argus

Nov. 1, 1918

Home Guard to Cloquet. Orders were received at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon from Major Williamson of the M. H. G., commanding Company F to go to Cloquet to relieve other companies who have been on duty in the fire-swept region and to assist in the distribution of clothing and money for the refugees. Company F will also have its first experience in standing guard. Twenty-six members left on the evening train for Minneapolis where they were joined by Company A of that city and proceeded at once to Cloquet.

Owing to the absence of a large number of pupils from the grades on account of the fear of influenza, and as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of disease, the public and parochial schools were closed Tuesday for an indefinite time.

Nov. 8, 1918

Airplane Visits Us. Shakopee was “bombed” about noon last Saturday when a Curtis biplane from the United States army air service mechanics school at St. Paul, manned by two aviators came wherring across country and gave an exhibition of aeronautics for the edification of the populace which was not slow in making its appearance when the presence of the machine became known. The aviators sailed low, barely missing the housetops and scattered litature broadcast, advertising the need of mechanics for air service. The driver circled the city and performed numerous stunts for about ten minutes before he headed for the twin cities and was soon lost to view. The same machine is reported by the twin city dailies as having visited other nearby towns.

John H. Moore has resigned his office as secretary of the Scott County Draft Board to accept an appointment by the U. S. Government with the Food Administration to supervise the buying and milling of gains in the northwestern states. Mr. Moore’s wide experience in the grain business has eminently qualified him for the position and his many friends recognize his ability and rejoice in his selection for the important work. Announcement of his successor has not yet been made.

Nov. 15 1918

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bromann have moved to Minneapolis. Their home in this city was purchased by Chris Geisler who will move here in a week or two to reside permanently.

Speaking of the recent influenza epidemic Dr. P. M. Fischer says that after treating 350 cases of the disease in Scott, Carver and Hennepin counties and meeting with all its various forms and complications he is convinced beyond doubt that severe forms of this disease are not to be reached by any medicine outside of anti-toxin. Dr. Fischer introduced Dr. Rosnow’s vaccine two weeks ago and is using it most successfully.

Nov. 22, 1918

Joseph Ploumen, our popular baker, is able to be up again after wrestling with the flu for several days.

Atty. W. N. Southworth has been appointed secretary of the local draft board to succeed John H. Moore who resigned to accept a position with the Food Administration. Mr. Southworth assumed his duties Monday.

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Suffragists Organize

Under the direction of Miss Grace Randall of Minneapolis an equal suffrage club was organized in Shakopee Tuesday.

Miss Randall is one of the organizers for the Minnesota Woman Suffrage association. She is appointing committees in various towns to do the final work in making Minnesota women full citizens…

The following ladies were chosen as a ratification committee in Shakopee: Mrs. H. P. Marx, chairman; Mrs. W. F. Duffy, Mrs. Eli Southworth and Mrs. Henry Schroeder.

Nov 29, 1918

A new commercial department has been introduced into the curriculum of the high school, including all subjects embracing a complete business course. Miss Lucretia Lewis of Cannon Falls is the instructor and arrived Sunday evening to begin the work.

Will and Ed Veiht have rented the Condon block on First street and will start a repair shop and garage. The work of remodeling the building to suit their needs will begin in about two weeks.

Dr. H. P. Fischer arrived home Friday from his hunting trip. The doctor met with better luck than the remainder of the Shakopee nimrods having secured a moose and a deer. Mayor Lenertz, M. A. Deutsch, Frank Huber and Peter Klausman, who comprised a hunting party at Cloverton, returned the same day empty-handed, but Will Deutsch of Lake Crystal, another of the party, brought back a fine deer.

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Company F, M. H. G. Presented With Flag

Company F of Shakopee, Minnesota Home Guards, is now the proud possessor of a large, beautiful United States flag presented to it by the generous and patriotic mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of the members of the company.

Prompted by the desire that Company F should have its own flag the immediate relatives of the members of that organization got busy and, directed by Mrs. C. G. Bowdish, ways and means were found and a s a result of which their desire was realized and the company has a flag all its own.

1943: Shakopee Argus-Tribune

Nov. 4, 1943

140 Donors Gave Blood Monday

Bringing to 756 pints the total volume of blood gathered in Scott county by the Red Cross mobile blood-gathering unit, 140 points were taken in Shakopee Monday Mrs. William A. Pomije, chairman, disclosed.

Monday’s collection was the largest obtained in Shakopee, Mrs. Pomije said, and was taken from 145 registrants, 15 of whom were from Prior Lake…

Nov. 11, 1943

Expresses Gratitude for Local War Fund Support. Announcing this week that Shakopee residents and business places had contributed $1130 to the War Service Fund, Mrs. Donald Ries, local chairman, expressed her gratitude to everyone who aided in the work…

FOR RENT.—6-room house; immediate possession. ANTON BOEGEMAN, Shakopee.

Nov. 18, 1943

Surgical Dressings Workers, Attention! The surgical dressings workers are asked to respond to a special call for work Friday, as the present quota of dressings can be completed on that day if any workers are present.

Short Wave Radio Employed by Telephone Company During Storm. Now that telephone communication has been restored to normal, and the damage caused by the recent snowstorm has been repaired, officials of the Northwestern Bell telephone company disclosed this week that a short wave radio transmitter had operated in Shakopee while lines were out of order…

A deal was completed Wednesday whereby Mr. and Mrs. Christ Lenzmeier have purchased the August Scherkenbach duplex, on West 5th street. Mr. and Mrs. Lenzmeier have occupied one of the apartments for the past several months.

Nov. 25, 1943

Eagle Creek Farm Sale Recently Made. Another farm sale of recent days was that of Alton L. Peterson, who sold his farm located immediately east of Shakopee in Eagle Creek township, to Lawrence Boeckman of Jordan. Mr. Boeckman is planning to take possession on or about March 1…

1968: Shakopee Valley News

Nov. 7, 1968

Proposals At Council On Old Mill Building. Proposals on the old mill building, located behind Montgomery Ward on Lewis Street, being condemned by the City of Shakopee and the court action slated to be heard before a Scott County District court jury next week, were presented at the meeting of the Common Council of the City of Shakopee at a special meeting held Tuesday night of this week…

Sunday Liquor Gets Approval By City Voters. Shakopee voters gave approval to the proposition of sale of liquor being permitted in Shakopee, between the hours of 12 noon and 12 midnight on Sundays, in special balloting held in conjunction with the General election Tuesday of this week, November 5, the total being 1,383 “yes and 1,014 “no”…

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$507 Theft At Shakopee Bowl

Discovered early yesterday (Wednesday) morning, November 6, was a break-in and theft of $507 from the Shakopee Bowl Bowling alley on East First…

Owner Norman Schesso who closed the firm on Tuesday evening, discovered the break-in and that the money was missing from a cash box, when he opened up again yesterday morning…

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Valley Cues Included In Firms’ Acquisition Plan

A. C. Buehler, chairman, Victor Comptometer Corporation, Chicago, and Earl Feddick, president, Valley Manufacturing & Sales Company, Bay City Michigan, this week announced an agreement under which Victor plans to acquire Valley Cues, Inc. of Shakopee on an “exchange of stock basis.”

Gene Hullander, Manager of Valley Cues, Inc., 240 South Shumway, also announced that the personnel at the Shakopee plant would be retained and that there are to be no changes in management…

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To Let Bids On Traffic Signals On November 22

Included among bids, estimated to total approximately $430,000, to be let Friday November 22, in the cafeteria of the Minnesota Highway Building, St. Paul, as announced last Friday, November 1, by Minnesota Commissioner of Highways N. T. Waldor, is the installation of one, full traffic actuated traffic signal and one semi-actuated traffic signal and an interconnect at the intersection of East First (Highway 101) and Lewis and Holmes Streets in Shakopee.

The work is scheduled to start on or before June 2, 1969, and to be completed within 35 working days.

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Metro Council For County Rd. 18 Bridge Site

The Metropolitan Council Thursday, October 24, gave its approval to a proposed bridge of at least four lanes over the Minnesota River at Hennepin County Road No. 18.

The Bloomington Ferry bridge site, just north of the Stage Coach on Highway 101, east of Shakopee, Scott County No. 25 extends from the ferry bridge, south to Highway 101…

Nov. 14, 1968

City Seeks Traffic Semaphore At Intersection On West First. A resolution memorializing the State Highway Department to conduct a traffic signal survey at Scott or Atwood on West First with the objective of the installation of a four-way semaphore was given unanimous approval at the meeting of the Common Council of the City of Shakopee held Tuesday evening of this week, November 12, in the City Building Council Chambers…

New Auto Service Manager. Don Gish has been appointed new service manager at Brambilla Motors, according to an announcement this week by Ron Brambilla…

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Fire Routs Tom Berens Family Early Sunday

The Shakopee Volunteer Fire Department was called to the Tom Berens residence, 106 East Sixth, at 5:45 a.m. last Sunday morning, November 10 when a chair in the family room caught fire, routing the couple and their nine children from their beds…

According to Mrs. Berens, the home was not extensively damaged.

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Femininity In City’s Parking Lot Proposal

Presented at the meeting of the Common Council of the City of Shakopee Tuesday evening of this week, November 12, was the adoption of designating the city’s recently completed five off-street parking facilities with a bit of femininity entering in.

Taking note that womanhood is often slighted in such cases, the proposal was that the five off-street parking lots be designated using the first names of women of pioneer families of the city. These included:

Louisa for Louisa Weiland, wife of Judge Theodore Weiland; Annie for Anna M. Gelhaye; Josie for Josephine Ries; Teresa for Teresa M. Lebens and Sophie for Sophia Coller.

Pointed out was that the city administration would need such designation of the lots, similar as is done in Southdale shopping center, in order to carry out maintenance duties, as well as the convenience of the public using the new facilities.

The Common Council took the matter under advisement, with it also being suggested that a system of numbers or alphabetical designation could also be used.

Settle Old Mill Jury Case Just Prior To Trial

Settled out of the court, just prior to a jury trial in Shakopee District Court yesterday (Wednesday), November 13, with Judge John Fitzgerald of New Prague, presiding, was the civil action of City of Shakopee vs. Kopp & Associates, a condemnation suit regarding the old mill building located behind Montgomery Ward on Lewis Street.

In the settlement the city acquires 12,750 square feet of property in a partial taking of the old mill site, including a right of way for the extension of Levee Drive. Settlement figure is reported to be $24,000 plus the city paying costs allowed by the District Court.

The settlement gives three and a half commercial lots to Kopp & Associates, similar to a proposal made at the special meeting of the Common Council held Tuesday evening of last week, November 5.

Kopp & Associates is to receive the payment from the city once a signed statement is received that the premises is completely vacated and ready for the city occupancy. Deadline on receipt of this statement is December 15. Included in the settlement is that the City of Shakopee is to raze the present old mill building. The city’s property acquired is equal to one and a half lots…

Nov. 21, 1968

John Ries, Jr. Fire Chief. Shakopee Volunteer firemen held their annual election to name officers to serve during the 1969 year at a meeting held Monday evening of this week, November 18, at the Shakopee Fire station, Second and Scott, with John Ries, Jr., named chief to succeed Anthony LaTour, Jr…

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Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service Sunday — Area First

A first for the community will take place at 7 p.m. next Sunday, November 24, when an Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service of Worship is held at St. Mark’s Catholic Church under the joint sponsorship of five Shakopee churches, with the public cordially invited.

Sponsoring churches are the host Church, St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Shakopee, St. John’s Lutheran Church of Shakopee, Christ Lutheran Church of Shakopee and Shakopee First Presbyterian Church…

Nov. 28, 1968

Shakopee High School Students Host First Regional DECA Meeting. The Shakopee chapter of the Distributive Education Clubs of America was host of the first Regional meeting held Monday evening of this week, November 25….

1993: Shakopee Valley News

Nov. 4, 1993

Scott County to remodel jail annex to house medium-security inmates. The Scott County Board has earmarked $250,000 to turn one wing of the Scott County Jail Annex near Jordan into a medium-security facility for prisoners held by the state Department of Corrections…

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Shakopee Bypass in ‘never-never land’?

Festivities surrounding the opening of the Shakopee mini-bypass and bridge Oct. 20 overshadowed the announcement that same day that the Minnesota Department of Transportation (DOT) was cutting or postponing $234 million in state road and bridge projects.

DOT Commissioner Jim Denn made the announcement at about the same time Mayor Gary Laurent was cutting the ribbon near the new Highway 169 river bridge with other local, state and federal officials in downtown Shakopee.

Although DOT officials downplayed the action — which include postponing completion of the larger Shakopee Bypass to 1997 or beyond — transportation lobbyists and some legislators are angry with both the Legislature and Gov. Arne Carlson…

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Loan for Murphy’s falls through, county is told

Murphy’s Landing has yet to resolve some of its biggest money worries.

Commissioner Ray Foslid of Shakopee last week told the Scott County Board that he attended the most recent meeting of the Minnesota Valley Restoration Project (MVRP), which oversees Murphy’s operations, and learned that Murphy’s would not qualify for a low-interest loan from an organization that specialized in lending money to non-profit agencies…

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School Board hears proposals for future courses in industrial tech

Computer modules, robots and lasers, and home construction may all be components of the Shakopee School District’s industrial technology courses in the future.

Industrial technology instructors from the junior and senior high schools appeared before the School Board Monday to present a report on what they had witnessed in other districts and what they felt could work in Shakopee…

They said they had been most impressed with industrial technology courses at junior high schools in Minnetonka and Edina, which included such areas as research, audio broadcasting, computer-aided drafting (CAD), engineering structures, lasers, robotics and graphic communications…

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City to acquire land for water tower, well

The Shakopee City Council Nov. 3 voted to direct staff to pursue the acquisitions of property that would be used as the site for a water tower and well, which would be constructed by Shakopee Public Utilities.

On Nov. 2, the utilities commission voted to acquire the property near County Road 17 and the Timber Trails subdivision…

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Alumni hoops tournament slated

Former members of the Shakopee High School boys’ basketball team are invited to participate in the inaugural Shakopee Boys’ Basketball Alumni Classic.

The tourney will be held Dec. 26-27 at SHS and will serve as a fundraiser for the SHS boys’ basketball program. The tournament is open to all former SHS players, graduates from 1950 to 1993. The tournament includes a single-elimination competition with a losers’ bracket. Each team is guaranteed at least two games. Interested individuals can either form a team of alumni or enter as individuals and be grouped on a team. The cost is $20 per person. Participants will receive a T-shirt…

Nov. 18, 1993

Fire destroys home in former brewery. An out-of-control brush fire apparently was the cause of a blaze on Sunday that destroyed a former brewery in Jackson Township which was home to a woman and her dogs and cats, according to the Shakopee Fire Chief Frank Ries…

Mini-bypass ramps scheduled to be open. Construction on entrance and exit ramps on the downtown mini-bypass and bridge project was expected to be completed Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (DOT)…

Warehouse for firm being built here. Construction has begun on a 299,600-square-foot warehouse for American Can Co. on a 16-acre site in the Valley Green Business Park in Shakopee…

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Fire destroys 19th century barn at Murphy’s

An historic 19th century barn that housed four horses and a mule at Murphy’s Landing in Shakopee was destroyed by fire on the night of Nov. 10.

Although quick action by a staff member saved the animals, a number of 19th century artifacts as well as the barn itself were lost in the blaze, according to Ann Hittler-Grover, a member of Murphy’s operating board…

The barn originally was owned by a family named Ryan that farmed in 1860 near Jordan. The farm was located off Highway 169 — then a mere dirt trail heading south.

The barn was moved to Murphy’s in 1973 by Al Breimhorst, then-owner of the farm, according to Murphy’s Director Gerry Barker. At that time it joined the original Ryan log farmhouse, which was moved to Murphy’s from where it was built in Sibley County.

Also lost in the fire were 19th century harnesses and other workhorse equipment. In addition, a Pieta and a pew from a former Catholic church were lost…

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Alley closed: Is onetime favorite headed for the gutter?

Back in the good-old days, bowling was counted as one of America’s favorite recreational past times. But have things changed? Is the once-beloved sport of bowling headed for the gutter?

Locally, with the closing of Shakopee Bowl and Prior Place bowling centers, the only remaining facilities for area bowlers are located in Chanhassen, Burnsville, New Prague and northwest Shakopee, near the Chaska-Shakopee border…

Nov. 25, 1993

Church with rich history celebrates 125th anniversary

A Shakopee landmark will be celebrating its 125th anniversary Sunday, Dec. 5.

The special occasion is for St. Mark’s Catholic Church, the building with the spire that is a distinctive part of the Shakopee skyline. Its congregation will have special liturgies during Masses at 9:30 and 11 a.m. A beef and sausage dinner, open to the public, will be held after that in the school cafeteria, with serving until 2:30 p.m…

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City terminates ice arena lease with hockey association

The Shakopee City Council Nov. 16 ordered the termination of a lease agreement between the city and Valley Ice Arena Inc., and approved the organization’s request to store its ice-cleaning machine in the former ice arena.

Valley Ice Arena wanted to terminate the lease, in which it utilized the “bubble”-covered hockey rink at Lions Park because the arena can no longer be used due to the poor condition of the covering…

1893: Scott County Argus

Oct. 5, 1893

Last night at about seven o’clock county commissioner Henry Brueggemann met with an accident at Kauth’s hotel barn that is a most serious if not a fatal one. M. T. Theis and he were about to hitch up and drive home. Mr. Theis walked down to his brother’s to get his overcoat, leaving Mr. Brueggemann to get the horse out. When Mr. Theis returned after the lapse of ten minutes he found the unconscious form of his brother-in-law lying near the door where he had evidently dragged himself after receiving a fearful kick in the side from a horse. It was found that four lower ribs of the left side are broken and internal injuries may also exist. The injured man recovered consciousness this morning but at last reports was very low. The news of the accident will be received with sorrow, as Mr. Brueggemann is a favorite with all who know him.

The J. Schank Packing Co. is now ready to buy at the highest market prices all the hogs offered them.

The Rademacher boys who shot the old man John Wojohn one evening last summer, and afterwards claimed to have mistaken him for a bear, were found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree by the Chaska court last week, and each was sentenced to a fine of $350 and one year in the penetentiary.

Wm. Beggs will remove to the Moore house on east Third street.

Oct. 12, 1893

Misses Kate and Anna Flaherty intend to engage in the dress making business in the Jacob Reis building within a few days.

C. E. Busse moved into his new and elegant place of business last Monday with a fresh stock of goods. The appearance of the store well nigh eclipses anything in that line in the valley. The building as a whole is certainly a most valuable addition to the town. The other rooms of the building have not as yet been rented.

The brick work on the Berens building is completed and some idea of how greatly it will add to the appearance of the north side of First street may now be formed. The block is made up of solid brick or stone buildings from the opera house to the bank and is faced on the other side by another block of excellent brick stores, the whole making a business street which takes the shine all off of our sister towns, and in this fact do we glory, yea, without ceasing.

The usual weighty blanket of silence that settles down upon us on the first day of the week was on last Sunday evening at about 6:30 o’clock torn all into shreds by the clanging of the firebell. The effect was similar to that of a stick thrust by the inquisitive small boy into a big sleeping hornet’s nest. All was instantly turned into motion and commotion. The fire department got out in a remarkably short space of time and made a quick run to Kohls & Berens’ store, only to find that the blaze had been already squelched. It seems that Geo. Kohls had opened the store to get some cotton batting for a farmer. He struck a parlor match to get a better light on the subject, and a spark flew into the inflammable substance. He jumped down with the two rolls which seemed afire and started for the door, but on looking up saw the whole pile in a blaze. The alarm was given, but a few who rushed in were able to carry all out before any serious damage was done. It was a narrow escape from a disastrous fire, and was attended by all the excitement which usually accompanies a serious conflagration.

The Scott County Driving Ass’n held a meeting last Tuesday night and decided to give a free matinee next Saturday the 21st. A committee of business men has agreed to conduct the races and farmers will be chosen as judges in their race for another harness. Particulars next week.

Oct. 19, 1893

B. J. Gellenbeck has rented one of the commodious new stores of the Busse Block and hopes to be ready for business by the first of next week. Beside the restaurant business he will engage in the retail grocery trade.

The Misses Flaherty have opened a dress making establishment in the Jacob Ries building on First street and would solicit a share in the public patronages. Latest styles and methods of work at satisfactory prices.

A. M. Strunk claims the distinction of having shot the first wild goose of the season. The bird tipped the scales at nine pounds.

The union depot is being treated to a coat of real fresh paint, heroically applied both externally and internally. The interior walls are light and dark drab and the ceilings are sky blue, while the outside has assumed the sombre hue of clay. The whole makes a most appreciable and acceptable improvement.

The merry-go-round left for greener pastures this morning. The outfit does not carry away with it quite so big a lump of the lawful coin of the realm as did the first one. This fact is due, however, to the inclemency of the weather, and not to any feeling of satiety of fun on the part of the infant, the schoolboy, the bashful lover, the merchant, and the old man. Each and all have given themselves up to its fascination on the pleasant evenings. But when the gaily painted horses and carriages have passed away, when the little nigger has faded from sight, and the air so lately rent by those little tunes lies all about so wounded and still, then will remorse come crowding in and one will wonder how he ever could have made such a fool of himself as to pay his nickel, straddles diminutive broncho, and go sailing around the track in his innocent glee for the space of five times sixty seconds. It does seem foolish, but we wager that when the next one comes along, and the engine begins to puff, the gaslight to flicker, the rollicking music to burst forth on the ear, and those little horses go bobbing around the circle, the very fellow who philosophizes thus will be the first one to hop on for another whirl. ‘Sic eunt fata hominum. [See Webster’s Unabridged, p. 1685.]

Peter Annen is erecting a commodious barn upon his residence lot.

Rev. C. H. Sweatt will move into the brick house on east Third street lately occupied by Paul Fischer.

In the list of veterinary surgeons licensed last week we note the names of Otto Dierberger and August Entrup.

Mathew Lies will remove his family from Marystown to this place within a week or two. His son Peter who is soon to be married will run the farm in the future. Mr. Lies intends to build a comfortable residence here in the spring.

The mill company is indulging in a feeling of pleasure over the recent award of a medal by the World’s Fair judges to their “Our Matchless Quality” brand of flour. It is a source of congratulation both to the company and to the town.

The three houses recently purchased of F. C. Heroux by Aug. Scherkenbach have been reshingled and repainted. Their value is much enhanced by the result.

B. A. Kohler has purchased a half interest in the carrouselle which has just removed from town. The outfit will be shipped to California direct, and the owners will depart for that sunny clime within a week or so. The outdoor life and light occupation will no doubt have a most salutary effect upon Mr. Kohler’s health.

An addition to the cooper shop is soon to be built. The increasing amount of business demands more store room as well as working room. A three story brick addition 24×24 will give the additional space needed. This will make the shop about 120 feet in length and three stories in height at the rear. Another drop in the bucket of Shakopee’s little boom.

Frank Huber met with another severe loss by fire last Tuesday. Wm. Groskopp’s steam thresher was busy at a setting on his farm when sparks from the engine set fire to the grain. Six stacks of wheat and separator were burned. It will be remembered that Mr. Huber suffered the loss of all his buildings except the residence last Fourth of July, and this makes his second loss seem doubly unfortunate.

Nic Heger is tearing down his old residence and will immediately erect a substantial brick dwelling upon the same site. The new building will be two stories high, its width 28 feet, and its length 38. About twelve feet of the rear of the old building has been left standing to serve as a kitchen, and together with the new part will make a most commodious dwelling. The old structure was one of Shakopee’s landmarks, having been erected in 1856 by Thos. H. Pitts, who used it as a general merchandise store for several years. Many will remember the old sign on the front of the building just above the door. Its ghost is still there under the paint and may yet be read thus: “CHEAP CASH STORE.” After many vicissitudes the building fell in the way of a school and played an active part as a hall of learning for some time. It was finally made over into its recent form and had been occupied as a dwelling up to this week when it was forced to succumb to the influence of Shakopee’s boom.

Oct. 26, 1893

The Misses Flaherty, located in the Jacob Ries building, are busily engaged in dressmaking, with new methods and at new prices.

The steamer G. A. Mower of St. Paul was the first one to take advantage of the high stage of water in the Minnesota. The boat passed up the river Monday afternoon, returning the next day. The effect of the dam at the foot of Pike Island is most noticeable. The water is several feet higher and there seems to be little or no current. There is water enough between the banks to float a Diamond Jo line steamer. And won’t it seem like old times, though, when the musical notes of the river steamer’s whistles are again heard every day, the dray loads of freight go rattling and creaking to and from the levee, and the deck hands trot back and forth in a steady stream across the gang plank with their loads of produce and merchandise, while the big engines chough with a mighty rythm that grows louder and louder as the smoke begins to pour in a black torrent from the smokestacks, the bell rings “all aboard,” the gang planks are hauled in, the big fellow settles slowly and gracefully away from the bank, the great wheels revolve, the boat turns, and speeds rapidly away down the green hedged banks of the river. And the old steamboating days it would seem are about to be revived. They should be. Even if there be no profit in it, someone ought to run a steamboat on the Minnesota just for the poetry there is in it. We should ourselves were we not so busy. But with the business of our mills and factories, the shipments to our merchants, and the passenger traffic that would soon fall into line, there is no reason why the owner of a boat might not pick up quite a little profit along with his poetry. All will be glad to see the thing tried next spring at any rate.

Frank Buch, our progressive lumberman and coal dealer, has erected a spacious coal shed 16×30. The walls are made of 2×6 timbers and give a very substantial look to the structure. It is located near the depot and beside the north sidetrack of the Milwaukee road.

There are on exhibition at Val. Zoller’s shoe store some fine specimens of corn and mangel wurtzel. One root of the latter tips the beam at over twelve pounds. Michael Klerrer of Marystown poses as the husbandman.

Berens and Nachtsheim have decided on a complete change of base. Hereafter goods will be sold invariably for cash and their prices have been reduced to accord with the new method of business. Try them and see if the change is not for your good as well as their own.

1918: Shakopee Tribune

Oct. 4, 1918

Building Looming Up. Work on the new women’s reformatory has been progressing with satisfactory rapidity, in spite of the difficult labor and material situations, and Mr. Snell, the state’s supervising architect, was of the opinion Wednesday that the brickwork would be completed in a week or ten days, unless delayed by the non-arrival of the stone for the facing. The plumbers have been at work for a matter of weeks. Practically all of the steam pipes have been laid in the basement and the force is now working on the first floor. We saw Ted Veiht wrestling with the 8-ton boiler Wednesday and probably that’s in place by now…

Bold Auto Thieves. A representative of Hewitt, the Minneapolis contractor, who was here Tuesday to look after the painting of the foot bridge, came very close to losing his car. He and his boy went up town to eat lunch and left the car at the roadside where the ditching machine is working. When they got back the boy saw the car moving off. He told his father, who at once gave chase. As luck would have it, the thieves tried to make Teig’s hill on high and killed the engine. They must have had more than ordinary difficulty in starting the engine, for the owner was able to overtake them. As soon as they saw that they couldn’t get away with the car, the thieves jumped out and ran for it. There were two of them, and as they jumped from the car their pursuer noticed one’s hat fall, and he was quite certain that he recognized the head of a woman as the robber stooped to recover the hat. The other was a man, without doubt. Having recovered his car, it did not occur to the owner to report the attempted theft. Had he telephone the police from Teig’s there is no doubt that they would have been apprehended. From the description given of them it is believed that the thieves are a couple who spent Tuesday morning in Shakopee.

John Abeln bought the Buch home, east of St. Mark’s church this week and moved his family therein on Tuesday. The McHugh family is occupying the upper floor.

A service flag, containing eight stars was dedicated at the Presbyterian church last Sunday. Short services were held, H. D. Funk of Macalaster college officiating.

Jacob Mahowald moved his stock of tombstones to his house on First street and has given up the office in the Scherkenbach building for the present.

Mrs. W. S. Newgard and daughters, Lillian and Marion left for their new home in Devils Lake, N. D., this morning. Several farewell parties were given in their honor the past week.

Oct. 11, 1918

Capt. Geo. H. Jones to Leave. It is a matter of general regret that George H. Jones has resigned his position as agricultural instructor at the high school and will move to Minneapolis this week. Owing to the fact that Mr. Jones has taken only one year at the Minnesota U he also had two years at Ames and the state board requires two, it transpires that the school would be unable to get its full appropriation for agriculture with Mr. Jones in charge of the department. Hence his resignation…

Work was begun this week on the new depot at Merriam, to replace the one destroyed by fire some time ago. The building will be of brick and will be built by the M. & St. L. railroad company.

The Red Cross chapter shipped two large boxes of clothing for the Belgians, this week.

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Road Work Progressing

The popular point of interest at present seems to be the road across the river where the big dredge is at work. Since the commencement of operations less than two weeks ago the machine has advanced about 1500 feet from its starting place just north of the park and all along that distance has piled earth 8 to 10 feet deep upon the old roadbed. The machine, which has drawn the interest of so many since it commenced its career down the road, is well worth a few minutes of one’s observation as it plunged its scoop into the earth, scoops up a yard or so of unloosened soil and with another movement swings its load over the grade and dumps it, repeating the operation at the rate of better than once a minute. Just where operations are now under way the soil is sticky and hard to work and things are going slower, but in dry soil the machine can probably throw two yards a minute.

At the present rate of progress the grading job should be completed by the end of the year…

Oct. 18, 1918

August Gelhaye has rented the Busse building on First street, and has opened a first class restaurant. He will also have a line of confectionery, ice cream and soft drinks.

Miss Rose Lenertz has accepted a position in the freight depot at the Omaha station, on Monday. Her positon at the mill has been supplied by Miss Spindler.

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Home Guards Busy

Sunday afternoon Co. F, M. H. G., of Shakopee received orders to mobilize for duty in the fire area near Duluth. At 4 o’clock the company was drawn up in front of the court house, and after being instructed by Lieut. Childs to hold themselves in readiness for immediate call the men were dismissed.

Next Sunday morning at 9:10 the company will fall in at the schoolhouse and from there it will march down the St. Paul road to the place where the review will take place before Maj. F. E. Williamson. The Red Cross Girls will serve dinner for the battalion.

Oct. 25, 1918

Organize Red Cross Orchestra. Some time ago C. G. Bowdish was requested by some members of the Shakopee Red Cross chapter to organize an orchestra of home musicians to play for Red Cross dances and other functions, the idea being to turn into the treasury some of the money paid out for mere expenses of outside orchestras. Sometimes this expense amounts to as much as the wages of the players. By engaging home people this can be saved. Mr. Bowdish succeeded in getting together four people with whom will be associated a first class drummer. This will make a five-piece orchestra consisting of violin, cornet, trombone, piano and drums. The drummer, of course, will carry bells and miscellaneous traps. The first rehearsal was held Monday evening and the first dance will be given on Thanksgiving, if the Influenza epidemic has subsided by that time. So far the personnel of the orchestra includes Miss Beulah Bowdish, piano; Howard Delwo, violin; R. C. Byrde, cornet; August Lebens, trombone.

Joseph Fisher and his helpers are laying cement sidewalks on the north and east sides of the high school block.

The Poehls home in east Shakopee is being remodeled.

Miss Ida Scherkenbach is assisting in the office of the local Draft Board, temporarily.

Fire destroyed the farm residence of John Cameron, known as the Fewer farm, last Sunday afternoon. The origin of the fire is unknown and the loss is covered by insurance. The Cameron family were planning on moving into the house this week and had already moved canned fruit and vegetables, which were consumed by the flames.

1918: Scott County Argus

Oct. 4, 1918

Shakopee Merchants Comply War Order. It may be noted elsewhere in this issue that the merchants of Shakopee are going to comply with the Conservation and War Industries Boards whose orders are that all business houses must adjust their business to the end that the expenditure of every ounce of time and energy may be conserved. The nation’s business—your business and my business right now is the prosecution of the war, yes, the winning of the war in the shortest possible time. In meeting this requirement the loyal merchants of Shakopee are adjusting themselves to a situation over which they have no control, but in doing so they are contributing their bit to the sum total of the nation’s forces which at this time are being waged that freedom “shall not perish from the earth.”

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Swanson have rented the home of Mrs. Lena Spindler and will take possession as soon as it is vacated by Mrs. Spindler who will reside in Minneapolis.

Jos. M. Geis, who was one of the prize winners at the Scott county fair, this week sold four fine Shorthorn calves. The purchasers were E. J. Pond, Matt Sand, Matt Stocker of Jordan and a stockraiser of Jordan.

Miss Matilda Marschall is spending this week in Minneapolis. Miss Marschall has resigned her position at the University Farm school and will return home to remain until after the holidays when she will return to the twin cities.

Jacob Mahowald, proprietor of the Shakopee Marble and Granite Works, has moved his stock to his home and the Scherkenbach building formerly occupied by him is now vacant. Mr. Mahowald will continue in the business, with his office at his residence.

John Abeln has purchased the residence property of the late Frank Buch and moved in Tuesday.

Oct. 11, 1918

Mrs. P. M. Fischer Heads Child Welfare Work. One of the most important lines of war work prosecuted by the Woman’s committee of the Council of National Defense is that of child welfare. Mrs. P. M. Fischer has been placed in charge of this work for Scott county and will carry it on under the direction of Mrs. James Swan of Minneapolis who is state chairman. An article is published elsewhere bearing on this work.

Home Guards Mustered In. Thursday evening of last week the Home Guards recently organized by George H. Jones were mustered into service, Major F. E. Williamson, commanding the 13th Minnesota Home Guard battalion of Minneapolis, administering the oath to some 30 members. Major Williamson was accompanied by his staff officers, Capt. T. C. Snider, Capt. Carroll Crowl of A Company and Capt. J. R. Kelly…

Oct. 18, 1918

Peter Paul is busily engaged in renovating John Berens’ store with a fresh coat of paint.

As a result of being accommodating Will Dietrich is carrying his right arm in a sling and will lose the use of it for several weeks. While in Jordan Saturday Will offered to crank a Ford for a friend and the car back-fired, breaking his wrist in the joint and causing a very serious injury. All of the Jordan physicians happened to be away and Will was forced to return home before he could receive surgical attention. Dr. Reiter is his attending physician.

Oct. 25, 1918

Farm Home Burned. Last Sunday afternoon fire of unknown origin destroyed an unoccupied frame building on the John Cameron farm in Eagle Creek. The house was formerly the old Fewer home. The fire had gained great headway before it was discovered and the building was burned to the ground. Mr. Cameron was planning to move into the place and had the cellar stored with vegetables and a large quantity of home canned goods which had been put up for the winter. All of it was a total loss but insurance was carried on the building.

The Wm. Habeck family have moved into Wm. Sudmann’s home in East Shakopee.

Cement sidewalks are being laid on the north and east sides of the high school block, Joseph Fischer having the contract.

The home on First street formerly occupied by the late Mrs. G. W. Kinsey has been rented by George LaValle.

1943: Shakopee Argus-Tribune

Oct. 7, 1943

Red Cross Group Convened Friday. Comprehensive reports of the vast amount of mercy work and gratuitous service rendered in the past few months by the Scott County Chapter of the American Red Cross were presented when the officers and committee heads of the organization met with Miss Estelle Jamieson, county chapter chairman, at the Women’s Reformatory here, Friday night…

Telephone Co. Employees Entertain at The Riviera. Employees of the local telephone office, entertained at a luncheon, Wednesday evening of last week, at The Riviera, in compliment to two of its members. The honored guests were Mrs. Milton Greta, chief operator for a number of years who has been transferred to a St. Paul office, and for Miss Evelyn Hauer, whose marriage will be an event of the near future…

Oct. 14, 1943

New Company In Operation Here. A new corporation known as Alloy Metals Co., has taken over the operation of the Kienzle & Merrick Co. here, P. W. Casey and Henry C. Klages, Minneapolis, two of the three incorporators, disclosed in an interview Monday afternoon. The third incorporator is Willard Morse, also of Minneapolis. J. A. Coller, II is the attorney for the new company…

798 Tons Scrap County’s Quota. A total of 798 tons of scrap iron and steel has been set as Scott county’s quota in the Victory Scrap Bank drive now under way, E. G. Leibold, county salvage chairman, said today…

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Shakopee Girl Vies for Utah War Queen Title

The Salt Lake (Utah) Telegram of Oct. 4 carried a pleasing photograph of a Shakopee girl with this caption and copy:

“Her hopes are high—Miss Wynnie Huber, blond secretary, is the choice of the personnel placement department of service command unit 1904, at Fort Douglas for the title ‘Utah State War Queen’.”

Miss Huber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Huber, of Shakopee, was one of the first candidates announced, the paper disclosed, and “she will vie with queens from war plants and organizations all over the state and will take part in the night parade scheduled for 7:30, October 12.”

The contest winner is to be selected by Lorraine Day, Hollywood celebrity.

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Local Cigarette Fund Provides 3,000 Packs

Approximately $150 was obtained from the “milk bottle” cigarette fund recently sponsored here by the Shakopee Civic and Commerce association, Dallas Capesius, secretary, disclosed Tuesday.

The fund has purchased 3000 packages of cigarettes, which have been consigned to General Eisenhower’s men with the compliments of the Shakopee civic group.

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Fire Threatens Industries Here

The Kienzle and Merrick plant and the adjoining Page and Hill plant in West Shakopee, were seriously threatened by a fire of undetermined origin, on the roof of the Kienzle and Merrick plant, Tuesday afternoon.

Chaska and Jordan fire departments were summoned to assist the Shakopee department in fighting the stubborn blaze that centered at the terminus of a blower system which carries wood dust and particles from the Page and Hill plant. The blower terminates in a hopper and it was in that area that the fire fanned by a strong south wind, raged…

Oct. 21, 1943

Red Cross To Gather More Blood in County

New opportunities for Scott county residents to give their blood to save the lives of the nation’s fighting men, will be afforded in November and December, when the Red Cross mobile blood-gathering unit returns to the county, Miss Estelle Jamieson, county Red Cross chairman, announced Tuesday.

The mobile unit is scheduled to visit Shakopee, Nov. 1, and Jordan Dec. 1…

Two Pet Dogs Victims of Recent Poisoning. Two 5-month-old rat terriers, the pets of Frank Dircks and Jerry Regan, were reported to be the victims of poisoning this week. Jerry’s dog has partially recovered from the violent effects, but Frank’s dog failed to respond to treatment…

Oct. 28, 1943

Offers Reward for Dog Poisoning Information. A communication from James Nankivell, executive agent of the Minnesota Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, advises that his society is investigating the recent epidemic of dog poisoning in Shakopee and is offering a reward of $150 “to anyone giving information leading to the arrest and conviction of dog poisoners.”…

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National Tea Opens New Food Market in Shakopee

The National Tea Company Food Stores, purchaser of the assets of the former C. Thomas chain, opened its new store in the Dawson building, here last Thursday. A. J. Hillesheim is the store manager, and “Bud” Wendling is in charge of the meat department.

Redecorated and fitted with new fixtures and equipment, the modern food market offers the accommodation of semi-self-service, which, according to the management, is proving popular…

1968: Shakopee Valley News

Oct. 3, 1968

Plan To Hire Scott County Library Director. The Scott County Board of Commissioners in session Tuesday of this week, October 1, at the Commissioners’ room in the Scott County Courthouse at Shakopee, directed Scott County Auditor Joseph Ries of Shakopee to advertise for applicants for filling the position of director of the new Scott County Library System to become effective on January 1, 1969…

GOP Headquarters. Now at the northwest corner for First and Holmes, adjacent to Shakopee Realty, is a house trailer located this past week to serve as the Nixon-Agnew headquarters for the City of Shakopee.

New manager of the Montgomery Ward and Company Catalog and Retail Store, First and Lewis Street, Shakopee, is Remo Peterson, who took over the manager ship duties this week, according to an announcement by company officials…

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New 200-Bed Package Disaster Hospital On Hand To Meet Any City Emergencies

St. Francis Hospital administration announced this week that the strength of St. Francis Hospital, Shakopee has been increased many fold with the delivery of a 200-bed package disaster hospital.

The unit augments the present 117-bed capacity of St. France Hospital, and is a complete hospital unit in “every sense of the word,” hospital authorities said.

The “package” includes an X-ray unit, operating room tables, instruments, medical supplies, sterilizers and two stand-by generators for light and power.

City and Scott County officials present for the unloading of the unit, which is now stored partly in the new Shakopee Public Utilities building, Fourth and Naumkeag, and partly at St. Francis Hospital, stated they were impressed with the completeness of the “hospital.” They added that it is a boost for the area should a disaster occur.

According to hospital officials, the package hospital is so complete that “it is like having a 200-bed wing available in the event of need.”

Stored in the new utilities building are many cases and crates of unperishable items such as beds, instruments and the generators. Each package is marked and coded for delivery and set-up so that the entire “hospital” could be put into service within 24 hours…

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Light Bulb Sale To Aid Day Center

The Shakopee Lion’s club will begin a house-to-house light bulb sale canvass, beginning next Monday October 7, and continuing through next Wednesday, October 9. Bulbs are to be sold in “Thank You” packs, containing two 60-watt bulbs, two 75-watt bulbs and four 100-watt bulbs at the regular retail price of two dollars.

Proceeds from the project are to be given to the Scott Day Activity Center, Inc. at Belle Plaine. According to Mrs. John Strunk, chairman of the board of directors for the Center, the money will be designated for the children’s transportation fund…

Oct. 10, 1968

Dick Hennen Plow Contest Winner. Dick Hennen of Marystown won first place in the Minnesota Horse plowing contest last Saturday, October 5, at Owatonna…

City Sunday Liquor Vote To Be On Nov. 5. Approved on a unanimous roll call vote at the regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Shakopee held Tuesday night of this week, October 8, was that the proposition of Sunday liquor be placed on the ballot, with voting by residents of the city to be during the General election on Tuesday, November 5…

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Maurice Stans Among Nixon’s Cabinet Choices

Maurice Stans, former Shakopee resident and member of the 1925 graduating class of Shakopee High School, has been named as possible Secretary of Treasury in a Nixon-Agnew administration…

Stans was named in a recent issue of “Newsweek”, along with other prominent citizens, as GOP Presidential Candidate Nixon’s preferred choices for the nation’s Cabinet. Among others named were Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York, Governor George Romney of Michigan and Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania…

Oct. 17, 1968

The Crow’s Nest is the nickname for the press box recently erected behind the bleachers at the Shakopee High School gridiron on Tenth Avenue. Purpose of the structure is to allow faculty members to photograph movies of the football games in progress. The movies are shown the following Monday to players enabling the coach to make individual suggestions on player improvement, and to point out mistakes as well as to review successful plays. The movies are also shown to Sportsmen’s groups, including the Shakopee Sports Boosters. Reported at a Shakopee School District No. 720 Board of Education meeting Monday of this week, October 14, was that the structure is to be completed with the Shakopee Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club volunteering financial assistance.

Lauren Sorenson Assumes Duties As New Cubmaster For Pack 218. Lauren P. Sorenson, 721 South Madison, assumed duties as new Shakopee Pack No. 218 Cubmaster at Parents night, for all parents of Shakopee Cub Scouts, held on Monday of last week, October 7…

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School Board Inviting Architects To Confer On Future Building Needs

Decision to invite three architects to a special meeting on Monday, October 28, of the Shakopee Public School District No. 720 Board of Education, set to consider future building needs of the school district, as well as to hold an adjourned meeting tonight (Thursday), October 17, to further consider this topic, was made at the regular meeting of the District No. 720 Board held Monday evening of this week, October 14, in the Board room at the Senior High School on Tenth Avenue.

At the meeting this evening, District No. 720 board members plan to further consider the alternates of construction of a new Elementary school in the southeast sector of the city, remodeling the present building at Fifth and Holmes for a Junior High facility; addition of a possible wing on the present High School; need for an auditorium, as a further stage of the present Senior High School’s building program; or a combination of these, along with the consideration of the “round school concept” and the “middle school approach” to curriculum presentation…

Oct. 24, 1968

Smash Glass In Break-In Attempt. An attempted break-in at Great North Trading Post on Highway 101, east of Shakopee, was apparently foiled when the thermo-pane window, at the front, cracked through the burglar alarm system. The incident occurred sometime during the night or early morning hours last Thursday or Friday, October 17 or 18…

Recommend Reformatory Replacement. Among recommendations made by the task force of the Minnesota Governor’s Crime Commission last Thursday, October 17, was that the obsolete Women’s Reformatory at Shakopee should be replaced with a possible institution to care for women from several states…

Razed to make way for an addition to the present warehouse of the Jacob Ries Bottling Works, at the corner of Holmes and West Third was the former J. J. Berens residence, just west of the bottling firms’ facility that includes the plant, offices, and a warehouse. The home of the former pioneer Shakopee merchant is believed to be some 85 years old…

Taking shape, with the structural steel being erected, is the extensive addition to Valley Cues, Inc., 240 South Shumway, pool cue manufacturing firm. The expansion is a 30,000 square-foot addition that will, in effect, double the floor space of the firm and is being erected to the north of the present facility and along Second Avenue.

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Area Highways, South City By-Pass Included In Studies

The Minnesota Highway Department has signed contracts with two consulting engineering firms to conduct in-depth studies for two highway planning areas, including those in the immediate Shakopee area.

The agreements are the first attempts in Minnesota to utilize consulting engineering firms in what is called “the total design team concept approach” in highway planning.

The larger of the two projects involved portions of Trunk Highways 169, 212 and 41 in Hennepin, Carver and Scott Counties. The object is to determine the most favorable approach to providing updated highway facilities for the area immediately southwest of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area…

In addition the preliminary design will include a recommendation for a Trunk Highway bypass south of Shakopee…

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New Two-Mile Road For VIP; Now Negotiating With 15 Firms

Valley Industrial Park (VIP), on Highway 101, just east of Shakopee announced it has begun construction of two miles of blacktop roadway to save new industrial tenants.

Dr. John Clegg, president of North Star Research and Development Institute, developer of the park, said the new roads, 66 feet wide, will make available an additional 250 acres of land for industrial sites. He said that nearly 200 acres already have been developed and are occupied by six firms…

Oct. 31, 1968

Ordinance On Utilities Secretary Post Fails. Ordinance No. 263, dealing with the combining of certain city offices with that of the City Administrator, and particularly that of the Secretary of the Shakopee Public Utilities commission being combined with the office of the City Treasurer, after a second reading failed to pass on a roll-call vote with all four aldermen present voting “no.”…

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Architect Presentations At School Board; Vote For Same Firm

Following presentations by three architectural firms, the Shakopee School District No. 720 Board of Education on a four to two roll call vote chose Armstrong, Schlichting, Torseth and Skold, Inc. of Minneapolis, architectural firm for the Sweeney Elementary School, to be consultants with the District No. 720 board on its present planning for future school facility needs…

Discussion also reflected that the District No. 720 board in planning of future school facility needs is considering possibilities of a new Elementary school building for southeast sector of the city; a possible remodeling of the present building, known as the Junior High building at Fifth and Holmes, to include more complete science, home economics and industrial arts facilities, and a possible new auditorium to serve all schools tentatively considered as another phase of the building program at the present Senior High School building on Tenth Avenue.

1993: Shakopee Valley News

Oct. 7, 1993

Downtown bypass, river bridge to open on Oct. 20. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (DOT) has scheduled a grand-opening ceremony for the long-awaited downtown Shakopee mini-bypass and new Highway 169 river bridge for Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 1:30 p.m…

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School expansion costs below projections

A contract for the construction of additions to Pearson and Sweeney elementary schools was awarded Monday during a special School Board meeting.

Adolfson & Peterson Inc. of Minneapolis was awarded the contract with a base bid of $6.4 million. The School Board voted an additional $462,000 to be spent on contingencies, including folding partitions for classrooms at Pearson, corridor carpeting at Sweeney, and air-conditioning at both buildings, for a total project cost of $6.86 million…

Oct. 14, 1993

New Boy Scout Troop No. 12 starts in Shakopee. With the growth of Shakopee comes the addition of a new Boy Scout Troop— Troop No. 12. Larry Underkoffler, the district executive for Minnetonka District of the Viking Council of America, which covers Shakopee, said that the council has recognized the need for an additional troop…

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Names differ, but grocers strive to provide Super Valu

Workers from Lyle’s Sign Co. drove into the parking lot at Cleve’s Red Owl in Shakopee recently and removed the big red owl face which at one time represented 400 Red Owl supermarkets across Minnesota. It was a face that looked out to First Avenue since 1965.

In its place now is the name “Cleve’s Super Valu” — a name that store owner Dick Cleveland has long wanted to call his own. After remodeling the store and putting up the Super Valu name, Cleve’s held its grand opening Oct. 3…

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Cop to be assigned to schools

The Shakopee School Board Monday approved a plan in which a Shakopee police officer will spend about two hours per day each in the junior and senior high schools.

Under the joint school district-city program, officer Tom Crocker would start school visits on Monday…

Oct. 21 1993

St. Francis, HealthSpan reach accord

The affiliation of St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee with HealthSpan Health Systems Corp. of Minneapolis was made official last week…

Under the agreement, HealthSpan will be responsible for day-to-day operations at St. Francis…

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Schleper named baseball coach

Back in the early 1980s, Shakopee High School’s Tom Schleper was one of the stars who helped SHS earn a reputation as an area baseball power. Now, about a decade later, Schleper will be leading the Sabers as the head baseball coach.

Schleper was recently hired as the school’s head baseball coach, replacing Bob Britz. Britz has taken the year off from his teaching duties to explore a business venture. His absence from the teaching scene created the coaching vacancy…

Oct. 28, 1993

Old bridge to remain for pedestrians, bikers

The old Holmes Street Bridge is only supporting its own weight now that the new Highway 169 bridge has opened.

The old bridge will be maintained for bicyclists and walkers, but only for a time: State and local officials say it will be torn down within five to seven years to make way for a smaller, wooden bridge that will tie to a Chaska walking trail and new pedestrian tunnel under the mini-bypass…

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Word circulating that track will be sold soon

Reports are circulating among the Minnesota horse racing industry, legislators, and local officials that Canterbury Downs may soon have a new owner.

Rick Reichow, vice-president and chief financial officer of Ladbroke Racing Corp., the Shakopee racetrack’s co-owner, declined comment when asked whether there were negotiations underway for the purchase of Canterbury. Reichow did say that should a buyer emerge, it would be the new owner — not Ladbroke — that would make the public announcement…

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Rezoning request for housing tabled by city

A Minneapolis developer has asked the Shakopee City Council to rezone approximately 68 acres of land south of Fourth Avenue and about a half-mile west of Canterbury Downs to allow for the construction of single-family homes in an area that is now zoned for multi-family units only.

After discussing the matter for two hours at its Oct. 13 meeting, the council tabled the matter until Nov. 16.

The proposed development, called Prairie View, would include 142 single-family homes in the mid-$90,000 range, and 280 multi-family units. It would also include about eight acres of park land. The property is held in the estate of Lorraine Lenzmeier…